Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

No doubt my hon. Friend is right. However, it is essential that the criticism of religion does not become unlawful in any way. I am reminded of the film ““Life of Brian””, which some found amusing, although those Christians who were deeply religious probably did not. I would not want such a film to be prohibited. I want a situation in which other religions—why should it be only the Christian religion?—could be subject to the same sort of criticism and ridicule. I doubt whether ““Life of Brian”” undermined the faith of Christians in any way; their faith, and especially that of strong believers, was unlikely to be undermined by a film.